A new theory suggests atmospheric answer to the continuing paradox of why early Earth wasn’t icy
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From: Sam Wormley on 4 Jun 2010 09:09 Hazy antidote to a faint young sun A new theory suggests atmospheric answer to the continuing paradox of why early Earth wasn�t icy. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/59928/title/Hazy_antidote_to_a_faint_young_sun "Now comes a totally different idea � a planet-cloaking layer of hydrocarbon haze. Previous studies have suggested that such haze, generated by light-driven chemical reactions in the methane-rich atmosphere, would actually cool Earth, but this haze is different, says Eric T. Wolf, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Colorado at Boulder".
From: Chris.B on 4 Jun 2010 14:44 On Jun 4, 5:18 pm, Uncle Al <Uncle...(a)hate.spam.net> wrote: > > BP created the Earth? :-) He is best known for having started the youth scout movement but beyond that I'm a bit hazy.
From: bert on 4 Jun 2010 19:02 On Jun 4, 9:09 am, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hazy antidote to a faint young sun > A new theory suggests atmospheric answer to the continuing paradox of > why early Earth wasnt icy.http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/59928/title/Hazy_antidote_... > > "Now comes a totally different idea a planet-cloaking layer of > hydrocarbon haze. Previous studies have suggested that such haze, > generated by light-driven chemical reactions in the methane-rich > atmosphere, would actually cool Earth, but this haze is different, says > Eric T. Wolf, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Colorado at > Boulder". Sam Nice thing about ice is it gets bigger when frozen. Lots of stuff works visa versa. Ice not floating would make human kind not possible. TreBert
From: Sam Wormley on 4 Jun 2010 21:04 On 6/4/10 6:02 PM, bert wrote: > On Jun 4, 9:09 am, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hazy antidote to a faint young sun >> A new theory suggests atmospheric answer to the continuing paradox of >> why early Earth wasn�t icy.http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/59928/title/Hazy_antidote_... >> >> "Now comes a totally different idea � a planet-cloaking layer of >> hydrocarbon haze. Previous studies have suggested that such haze, >> generated by light-driven chemical reactions in the methane-rich >> atmosphere, would actually cool Earth, but this haze is different, says >> Eric T. Wolf, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Colorado at >> Boulder". > > Sam Nice thing about ice is it gets bigger when frozen. Lots of stuff > works visa versa. Ice not floating would make human kind not > possible. TreBert Herb, are you saying that every time the Trent Server boys come around to beat you up you freeze up, get bigger and scare them away? And that's how you survive?
From: Tom P on 10 Jun 2010 12:33
Sam Wormley wrote: > Hazy antidote to a faint young sun > A new theory suggests atmospheric answer to the continuing paradox of > why early Earth wasn�t icy. Isn't that in conflict with the idea of Snowball Earth? > http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/59928/title/Hazy_antidote_to_a_faint_young_sun > > > "Now comes a totally different idea � a planet-cloaking layer of > hydrocarbon haze. Previous studies have suggested that such haze, > generated by light-driven chemical reactions in the methane-rich > atmosphere, would actually cool Earth, but this haze is different, says > Eric T. Wolf, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Colorado at > Boulder". |